How to Create Freehand Engravings on Your blades
December 20, 2012 by elromanozo
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keep up the great work.
Thanks !
Great stuff!
I would like to also see a segment dedicated to brushed, the types, use, and maintainence thereof. I try to follow all the protocols but still seem to be going through brushes far too rapidly before they begin to fray and wear out. Definitely operator error as I’ve used army painter, citadel, privateer press, and reaper brushes…all with the same result. Would be interestiing to hear you talk more about how you use and care for your brushes…as well as preferred brush types. Thanks!
@ testicleez
From my experience most of those companys you listed produce sub-par brushes. If you want quality brushes that will last you a while try these companys out ( Winsor & newton series 7, rosemary & Co series 33, Davinci sables) they are more expensive than the brushes you listed but are of a higher quality. Also to increase the life of your brushes there is a brush soap I use on a regular basis called ‘The masters’ Brush cleaner its amazing!
I hope that helps
Thanks a lot !
Brush-soap can be useful, but you hardly “need” it, in my opinion… But I agree the brushes @testicleez mentioned are… well, frankly sub-par.
I’ve done an article on how to pick brushes and care for them, it’s on this website (in the 3 colours up section). There’s also a few reviews of different brands of brushes…
I hope this helps !
@testicleez I’ll chuck my hat into the ring. @elromanozo is right… the brushes manufactured by those companies are what you might call “generic”. They’re not great, but they’ll do the job for a while. However, If you are using them, there are a few tips to keeping them good for a longer period (these also apply to good brushes though). 1) Don’t get paint into the Ferrule – The ferrule is the metal bit of the brush. if you get paint into the bristles, right up in the ferrule, then the brush is knackered. It’ll dry, you’ll never get it… Read more »
@ jonny4square
Thanks for the tip. Not too many craft or hobby shops around here that carry those brushes. will have to look online I suppose. I indeed have the brush soap…usually I rinse the brushes off with water, then wet brush them directly on the soapbar, then drag them across a paper towel before them putting away. works fine to hold the form but the frays will come back out once I start brushing agan. Is there a good online source for the brush labels you mentioned?
Here is a link to how I use the soap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vC5j4mdlDM (this is not me) it really helps to get all the crud from the ferrule.
And honestly either Ebay.com or Coolminiornot.com will have most of the brushes I listed If not look at Dickblick.com its a major online art supply store. Rosemary & Co you have to order through their website I believe. They are handmade in the Uk and a couple of dollars cheaper than the other 2 I mentioned. Ive also found that most of the time you get what you pay for when it comes to brushes.
Oh how I miss Rackham models painted up. They made the bar rather high IMHO when it comes to painting.
That they did !
Lucky for me, I’ve got quite the pile of Rackham metals at home… And a few Cry Havoc magazines as well !
I got to give it to them for the content on painting in the Cry Havoc magazines. It was sometimes a hard read due to them referring to past issues but I always appreciated the tone they took. Being treated like adults that seek to grow as apposed to White Dwarf that just gave out the same old stuff just with the new model of that months release.
Yes, that’s the approach I’m trying to promote as well in these tutorials… I hope I’m reasonably successful, at least…
The written Cry Havoc (or other) articles are superb, but you can never really “get” the technique until you’ve seen it done or experimented by trial and error. The video allows for showing, not telling, which is much more practical and to the point, in my opinion.
We must strive for quality, mustn’t we ?
etched blades are going to be in vogue this winter I feel
Well, it’s so easy to do, really… I don’t see why you wouldn’t do that on most characters, where appropriate !
Nice video!